Government Administration - Beirut, Beirut Governorate, Lebanon
The "Samih Darwazah Center for Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship" at the Olayan School of Business, American University of Beirut was made possible through a generous gift from the Darwazah Family; a pioneering group in the pharmaceutical industry on a global scale. The Darwazah Center for the study of innovation and entrepreneurship was inaugurated on January 14, 2011 in OSB's Maamari Auditorium.The center aims to document and enhance innovative practices in the business community. It seeks to generate reliable information to guide evidence-based decision-making in this key sector that holds strategic importance in a knowledge economy. Its scope includes research, field studies, benchmarking, seminars and workshops as well as conferences all focused on the pivotal domain of organizational renewal and wealth creation through creative enterprise. "Innovate or die" is a serious risk facing businesses today and the new center hopes to become a major asset and a strategic resource for facing this challenge.